• UNIT : 8 • LESSON : A READING COMPREHENSION • LESSON ( WRITING AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY ABOUT THE

BERMUDA TRIANGLE ) •MRS.GHADA ABU ALHOMMOS.

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Aims StrategiesThe Role of the teacher

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Problem Solving in Writing

Aims : 1- Content Aims : a- students should be able to write a good

focused essay b- they should follow the format of the

argumentative essay c- students should use related vocabulary d- they should be able to spelling ,grammar

and hand writing

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2- Affective Aims : a- to increase their beliefs in Allah's

ability b- have more beliefs in the restriction

of human's ability in this universe

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3- Procedural Aims: a- be able to apply the rules of

argumentative writing in other forms of writing

b- be able to check similar mistakes committed in writing in similar tasks

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Strategies followed : a- Problem solving strategies b- Jigsaw strategy c- teacher instruction d- writing a draft, then a final copy based

on the teacher’s comments

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Work sheet

The role of the teacher 1- Monitoring the class 2- facilitate the student’s work and roles

The role of the students 1- to act their roles correctly in their groups 2- to write a well _structured essay

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Evaluation

Correct the students papers and give them some feedback to used on their common repeated mistakes

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Criteria Excellent5 pts

Good4 points

Almost 3 pts

Needs Work1-2 pts

Needs Very Hard Work 0 pt

Thesis statement

Easily identifiable, crystal clear, connects well with paper title. At the end of the introduction.

Slightly unclear, paper title does not connect as well with thesis or is not located clearly.

May be unclear, paper title and thesis do not connect well. It is in the wrong place.

Difficult to identify at all, has no identifiable thesis or completely incomplete thesis.

Has no thesis.

Rubric to assess students’ writings

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Organization, Length and form

For each paragraph:There is a topic sentence( which is stated in a complete opening sentence with correct sentence structure), detail sentences in a logical order and a concluding sentence. The ideas are strongly related to the paper title and there is no redundancy. Many appropriate transition signals at appropriate place.As a whole essay: it has interesting and swell-developed introduction, body and a conclusion paragraph in the end, related thesis, the order of ideas make sense. It has an excellent length and a correct form.

Paragraph is missing either the topic sentence or concluding sentence. The main topic is stated in an opening sentence, but sentence structure is not clear). One topic sentence is missing. Few ideas are not related to the main topic. Some ideas are repeated .Some appropriate transition at appropriate place. Details are in a logical order.As an essay: the paper has a beginning, middle, and end. Sequencing is logical. The number of sentences is almost enough. Few mistakes in the final form.

Paragraph is missing. Main topic is not clearly stated, but sentence structure is correct. Not all topic sentences are there. Details are in a logical order. several irrelevant ideas. Many ideas are repeated. Few appropriate transition signals.As an essay: The paper attempts at an introduction&/ or conclusion. Some ideas seem out of order. Many sentences are missing. Many mistakes in form.

Paragraph is missing. Main topic is not clearly stated .Sentences structure is not correct. Most of the topic sentences are not there. The details are not in a logical order. 1-2 appropriate transition signals. Most of the ides are irrelevant to the main topic. There is a lot of repetition.As an essay: There is no real introduction or conclusion. Ideas are put together in a loose fashion A lot of sentences are missing. a lot of mistakes in form.

No paragraphs. Has no topic sentence. Almost no ideas, or the ideas are completely irrelevant to the title of the paper. Transition signals are missing. Almost no sentences. Almost completely wrong form.

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Vocabulary Use new key related words, suitable choice of words for the topic and lively verbs. No repeated words.

Use adequate key related words, varies language. Minor repetition of some words.

Attempts to use new key words, goes beyond basic vocab. Few repletion of some words.

Related words/ limited vocabulary. A lot of repetition

Not related words to the topic.

Spelling( as long as the words are related)

No t a single spelling error.A s a whole essay. There are 0-3 spelling errors.

There are 1-3 spelling errors.There are 4- 6 spelling errors.

There are 4-6 spelling errors.There are 7-8 spelling errors.

There are more than 6 errors.There are more than 8 errors.

Too many spelling errors.

Grammar and Sentence Structure

No errors in agreement and tense. No errors in sentence structure. Many kinds of sentences. No run on sentences,, no comma splice,& fragments.

Few errors in agreement and tense.Some kinds of sentences. few errors as a result of run on, no comma splice & fragments.

Some errors in agreement and tense.Mostly simple sentences and wrong compound sentences. Some errors as a result of run on, no comma splice & fragments.

Many errors in agreement and tense. All are attempts of writing a correct simple sentences. Many errors as a result of run on, no comma splice & fragments.

Too many errors. Hard to identify a single correct sentence

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Punctuation Correct punctuation.

Few errors in punctuation.

Some punctuation errors.

Many punctuation errors.

Almost no punctuation.

Writing process

Students completed all steps in writing process

Students completed most of the steps.

Students completed some steps of writing

Students hardly completed the first step

Students failed to produce the first step.

Handwriting Neat, easy to read, well formed

Well-formed letters

Mostly legible Hard to read; not well formed

Impossible to read.

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Problem-solving class

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Problem Solving in Writing• Questions to be asked when trying to solve a problem• What happened?• Where did it happen?• Why did it happen?• When did it happen?• What are some examples of it?• How did it happen?• How was it made?• What caused it ?• What are some of its effects?• How is it related to something else?

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Tips for the teacher to follow:• You frame your problem. You set your goals then you find out how to achieve them by a plan• “Expert writers, like expert chess players, are able to draw strategies• from long term memory which put them in “control of the• some kind of analytic framework aimed at a

specific reader.”• board.” These strategies involve setting and

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• ideas, exploring their relationships, and finally connecting them in

1. Goal setting and planning.2. Idea generating: brainstorming. One strategy for the retrieval of ideas is making lists

by simply jotting down ideas as they come without worrying about tying them together into neat little bundles of sentences and paragraphs

3. awareness of the audience4. Visualizing the idea structure: tree diagram

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Prompts for “ The Bermuda Triangle: The Unsolved Problem”

• Paragraph (1)• How can we describe the Bermuda Triangle?• Are people aware of how the Bermuda

Triangle has taken away the lives of countless amounts of humans?

• Where is this area?• What surrounds it?• What do you think of this imaginary triangle?

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Paragraph (2)• What has vanished?• What happened 67 years ago?• From where the five Navy Planes took off?• Why did they take off?• Were the crew of five young American pilots

or the planes seen again?• what is another tragic story?• What was wrong about one of the planes?• what is another example of a lost plane?• How many people were on it?• What is the Bermuda triangle also called?

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• paragraph (3)• what is this fabled Bermuda Triangle responsible and

blamed for?• Give a good example of this?• What is the Mary Celest?• When was it discovered?• how can we describe it when it was discovered?• What was strange about this? How was the weather?

were the crew able and experienced?• What happened to its cargo and to the personal

belongings of passengers and crew including the valuables?

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The last paragraph• What is the subject of many unproved

theories?• What is a possible question that could

be raised?• Is the problem solved?• However, whom will this still excite

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The Bermuda TriangleThe Bermuda Triangle is an unsolved mystery .

It has taken away the lives of many people. This area is in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is roughly surrounded by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. This imaginary triangle is one of the most mysterious and dangerous areas of the earth's oceans. It is responsible for the disappearance of numerous ships and planes.

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Many planes have vanished without a trace. One of these tragic stories took place on a sunny day 67 years ago. Five Navy planes took off from their base in Florida on a routine training mission, known as Flight 19. Neither the planes nor the crew composed of fourteen young American pilots were ever seen again. Another tragic story is the disappearance of the Star Tiger and the Star Ariel planes. One plane was not heard from long before it would have entered the Triangle. Douglas DC-3 with 32 people on board is as well one of the countless tragic loss of flights that were lost in this triangle.

This Triangle is not only responsible for the unexplained disappearances of many planes, but it is also blamed for the mysterious loss of several ships and people. A good example of this is the Mary Celest. It is an abandoned cargo ship which was discovered in 1872 in the Atlantic Ocean. Its disappearance took place despite the fact that the weather was fine and the crew was very experienced. Indeed, the cargo was untouched and the personal belongings of passengers and crew were still in place, including valuables. The crew was never seen or heard from again. Next

The mysteries surrounding the disappearance of boats and planes

in the Bermuda Triangle are the subject of many unproved theories. Could this not just be a case of human error, or weather conditions? Or is it something far more sinister? The problem is still unsolved. However, it will still excite and fascinate a lot of people who like to listen to legend stories!

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